Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 04 09:52:49 EST 2014 | emeto
Whenever your line doesn't cover your requirements and you can't build your boards in schedule, it is time to go to higher throughput machines. Of course you should have some contracts for the next year or two that will cover your line. You should kn
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 05 16:58:16 EDT 2014 | proy
I would love to use my old zevatech with a large nozzle (qfp) to pick kapton masking dots and place them on a board. I am getting some 'thicker' kapton dots to test, and need to find a way to present them, might be a trick but worth a try. Has anyon
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 04 21:00:05 EDT 2014 | andrespena
hmm... the picture of the funnel didn't display very well because it's double spaced. Just out of curiosity I have to ask, does anyone even understand what I wrote? Does anyone know where on the internet I should actually post something like this?
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 06 08:23:05 EDT 2014 | sarason
There are a few Open Source projects for this sort of thing for instance http://hackaday.com/2011/11/30/openpnp-working-to-create-an-affordable-and-completely-open-pick-and-place-machine/ Also try my webpage it has some links to these and pther pr
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 07 21:14:35 EDT 2014 | andrespena
Thanks for the info because I honestly have no darn clue about the whole industry. Does anyone know why it is expensive to have an operator? If it has conveyors can't it operate on its own? Why are the boards expensive? Why wouldn't any rigid piece
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 09 11:18:50 EDT 2014 | fredcalkins
We had a Tim at Daycounter engineering ask about nozzle styles for placement machines they intended to build. I do not know if they have brought anything to completion yet. Here is his contact info if anyone wants to inquire: Tim Daycounter Engineeri
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 10 20:58:21 EDT 2014 | andrespena
Smaller companies many want to rent a machine, but may not necessarily use it 24/7, and a smaller machine may require less expertise to use. If many small machine can work fast enough, it can operate for less time and reduce operating costs. (I'm mo
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 11 14:36:13 EDT 2014 | markhoch
Not to squash anybody's ingenuity, but most of the problems that you're trying to solve have been solved, and fine tuned, over the last 30 years of SMT. (Surface Mount Technology) I'm all for reinventing the wheel, but I suggest taking some time to
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 21 16:00:31 EDT 2014 | davef
This links to a NPL presentation on moisture removal from PCB http://www.npl.co.uk/upload/pdf/20140318_effect_baking.pdf Consider: * Focusing on preventing moisture contamination of boards, rather than removing moisture * There will be no standard
Electronics Forum | Sat Sep 06 05:11:21 EDT 2014 | padmalathab
Hi Thanks for responding to my query. Our PCB Assembly consists of both SMD and THD components. Also,assembly will be done by machine as well as Hand soldering based on the requirement. I request you to suggest Poka yoka tool to read the value of
